the OCB a.k.a. Gold Coast Shipping building

[airtommy]

11 minutes ago, Matt5 said:

And also redecorated in “Child’s Play”. I’m also sure we see this area again when it is posing as the other police station in “Home Invaders” when Sonny and the team work with Sonny’s great friend and mentor in robbery.

Here it is and yeah it does look a bit different.  It's almost like they eliminated a hallway.

[Matt5]

5 minutes ago, airtommy said:

Here it is and yeah it does look a bit different.  It's almost like they eliminated a hallway.

I believe that’s the last time we saw that particular area of the set. I think also in “Shadow in the Dark” (far side of the set) we see it also when C&T work late with Gilmour. This particular set was a lot fancier in Season 5 dark walls and neon lights.

Edited April 14, 2019 by Matt5

[airtommy]

7 minutes ago, Matt5 said:

I believe that’s the last time we saw that particular area of the set. I think also in “Shadow in the Dark” (far side of the set) we see it also when C&T work late with Gilmour. This particular set was a lot fancier in Season 5 dark walls and neon lights.

Oh yeah, I remember seeing the neon colors and wondering where they've gone and what happened to my OCB!

another Home Invaders screenshot:

Edited April 14, 2019 by airtommy

[Matt5]

I loved the look of the OCB in Season 5 really cool certainly modernised the look although they shot some interiors up at North Miami Justice Building (“ Line of Fire”, “Fruit of the Poison Tree”).

[Bren10]

Redemption in Blood has the hallways too with Stan taking Sonny to the elevator.

[Campion]

3 hours ago, airtommy said:

In Golden Triangle Part II they take Howie Wong to OCB for questioning.  Do we see this part of the OCB any other time in the series? The room Castillo enters is probably the interrogation room we see many times.

I don't think any of these shots--or ones similar to it--are supposed to be the interior of OCB; they're meant to be at the Police Station (unless I'm missing something). For the most part, I don't believe they ever meant to take suspects or witnesses to OCB--it's supposed to be a secret location. 

[Bren10]

But they have done it as far back as Cool Runnin with Noogie. Somebody once posted a blueprint of the OCB. Did it include all this?

[Matt5]

Even in Season 4s “Missing Hours” Izzy and Noog Man are in the OCB and Carla was questioned at Stan’s desk in Season 3s “Streetwise”.

[airtommy]

5 hours ago, Bren10 said:

But they have done it as far back as Cool Runnin with Noogie. Somebody once posted a blueprint of the OCB. Did it include all this?

No, it wasn't part of that.

https://miamiviceonline.com/index.php?/topic/12769-miami-vice-inspired-3d-interior-need-your-help/

@Mark Zubenko  Here's a new project for you!

[mjcmmv]

On 10/16/2017 at 3:32 PM, summer84 said:

I just remembered we also get a look of the set here. The kitchen,  main office, lockers and the hallway to the left. 

Thank you, Summer84 for posting this-I never saw it before. Loved it when Stan asked, "Why is Castillo's office pink?" LOL!
 

[airtommy]

In the OCB we often see the hallway with the lockers.  Do we ever see the other hallway, the one beyond Castillo's office?

[Matt5]

1 hour ago, airtommy said:

In the OCB we often see the hallway with the lockers.  Do we ever see the other hallway, the one beyond Castillo's office?

Our hero’s walk past or towards this area as they have a few unpleasant words with each other in Season 5s “Too Much Too Late” they were also at this corner in another episode I think “Child’s Play”.

[mjcmmv]

On 8/15/2018 at 3:32 PM, airtommy said:

Exterior Scenes at the Miami Shipyards

Heart of Darkness - Just after C&T get dropped off at the porn studio, we see the Daytona drive north on SW 2nd Ave and turn right into the OCB parking lot, the first time in the series that we see the famous Art Deco corner entrance.

Golden Triangle Part I - We see the Daytona driving south on SW 2nd Ave over the bridge and turning left into the OCB parking lot.

Stone's War - We see the Testarossa drive south on SW 2nd Ave over the bridge and turn left into the OCB parking lot.  This is at night and the entrance has purple accent lighting.  They forgot to put up the "Gold Coast Shipping" prop sign and instead we see the real-life name of the building "Miami Shipyards Corp".

Golden Triangle Part II - This is the only true exterior OCB scene of the entire series, with dialogue.  Just after Dale Menton's visit to the OCB, Castillo walks and talks with Crockett & Tubbs.  They go from the OCB corner entrance across the parking lot and they climb into Tubbs' Caddy.

Here's another shot of this same scene I just found on line. 

[airtommy]

On 3/5/2019 at 2:44 PM, airtommy said:

In "Cuba Libre" you can clearly read the sign for Room 202:

MARITIME SVCS

In "By Hooker By Crook" Room 202 is "Communications":

[Jeff Sutton]

Watching "Indian Wars" and the Gold Coast Shipping sign is missing as well.  In fact the two cars ( WhiteTestarosa and a blue/white van) are the exact same shot as above from "Stone's War".  Guess someone got confused in editing for this episode.

[airtommy]

I've never noticed this until Summer84 posted these pics in another thread.  The door to the main OCB room is marked "206".  This is the door which is just past Castillo's office.  Do we ever see the hallway behind that door?

For orientation, you can see Stan's desk from a different angle here:

[Matt5]

Interesting @airtommy.

Do we see that hallway in “Red Tape” when Tubbs is getting files.

 

[airtommy]

14 hours ago, Matt5 said:

Do we see that hallway in “Red Tape” when Tubbs is getting files.

Yes!!! Great call!!!

We don't really see the back hallway in that Red Tape scene, but we do see beyond the 206 door.  In Red Tape the camera moves backward through the 206 door and then over into Room 202. 

The other door to Room 202 can be seen here from the locker hallway.  It's the door right next to Sonny's face.  203 Accounting (next to Tubbs's head) opens into the OCB kitchen area.

[airtommy]

On 4/14/2019 at 8:54 AM, Matt5 said:

Our hero’s walk past or towards this area as they have a few unpleasant words with each other in Season 5s “Too Much Too Late” they were also at this corner in another episode I think “Child’s Play”.

I overlooked this post from last year.  TMTL - they are in the locker room hallway and head to the back hallway but we don't see it.  CP - no hallways.

My recollection had been that Castillo first enters the OCB in "One Eyed Jack" through the 206 doorway, but that was wrong, he comes in through the double doors near the lockers.

[Matt5]

Great post airtommy - 

What about the early Season 4 episode where C&T walk along a long corridor perhaps two corridors where the Candy and soda machines take Sonny’s money as a subtle gag. I can’t remember the exact episode - I think the Candy machines were introduced in the corridors at the beginning of Season 4. 
 

 

Edited April 5, 2020 by Matt5

[Crockettt]

16 minutes ago, Matt5 said:

Great post airtommy - 

What about the early Season 4 episode where C&T walk along a long corridor perhaps two corridors where the Candy and soda machines take Sonny’s money as a subtle gag. I can’t remember the exact episode - I think the Candy machines were introduced in the corridors at the beginning of Season 4. 
 

 

@Matt5 you think about "Amen...Send Money".

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[Matt5]

9 minutes ago, Crockettt said:

@Matt5 you think about "Amen...Send Money".

Yes it must be that one. I remember a long OCB corridor scene with the new candy and soda machines.

[airtommy]

6 hours ago, Matt5 said:

What about the early Season 4 episode where C&T walk along a long corridor perhaps two corridors where the Candy and soda machines take Sonny’s money as a subtle gag. I can’t remember the exact episode - I think the Candy machines were introduced in the corridors at the beginning of Season 4. 

I'm amazed that you can remember these scenes.  I don't remember any of this.  I studied the "Amen... Send Money" scene and that is also in the locker hallway.

Rico is next to the lockers.  Those people in the background are walking into the main OCB room.

The "Accounting" doorway is also "203" and that leads directly into the OCB kitchen.  In some scenes when the camera is in or around Castillo's office looking towards the kitchen, the door is open and you can see that "Women" bathroom sign.

Edited April 5, 2020 by airtommy

[daytona365]

on request by @airtommy, for reference I'm re-posting some info here related to the question whether the OCB / Miami Shipyard building actually did have an underfloor parking garage as indicated in this thread. It was said that in "Rites of Passage" C&T are seen rushing to the Daytona in what looks like an underfloor garage, however this scene was filmed outside the rear loading dock of stage D at Greenwich Studios so they are actually walking out of the building. Hence, the Daytona was in fact parked outside on street level:

the same location was used in "Heart of Darkness" (notice the wooden stairs behind Stan that are also visible in the above pic) and "Cool Runnings" as Switek and Zito's stolen goods storage.

In Cool Runnings you can see that it's on street level:

Same location in "Evan"

[Matt5]

Nice photo @daytona365 - I can see now that they also used the studio for the scene of the warehouse in Season 5s “Borrasca” which I think has not been identified before.

”Evan”—

“Borrasca”—

Edited April 10, 2020 by Matt5